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Apple would not have flourished here
IF TECH giant Apple had been a start-up in Sinkapore, it would never have flourished because the country is too straight-laced.
That is what Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak told BBC news in an interview on Thursday morning.
He said that operating in an environment where counterculture was allowed to flourish was essential to the company's success.
And that, in his opinion, is something Sinkapore does not provide.
Mr Wozniak said creativity means being able to figure out different ways of doing things on your own.
When everyone is dressed with such uniformity, everyone thinks and does the same and no one will try anything new.
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Commenting on Mr Wozniak's claim, Minister of State for Trade and Industry Teo Ser Luck said more can be done for entrepreneurship, such as being more tolerant of off-track creativity and off-mainstream ventures.
Read the full story in The New Paper today (Dec 17).
IF TECH giant Apple had been a start-up in Sinkapore, it would never have flourished because the country is too straight-laced.
That is what Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak told BBC news in an interview on Thursday morning.
He said that operating in an environment where counterculture was allowed to flourish was essential to the company's success.
And that, in his opinion, is something Sinkapore does not provide.
Mr Wozniak said creativity means being able to figure out different ways of doing things on your own.
When everyone is dressed with such uniformity, everyone thinks and does the same and no one will try anything new.
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Commenting on Mr Wozniak's claim, Minister of State for Trade and Industry Teo Ser Luck said more can be done for entrepreneurship, such as being more tolerant of off-track creativity and off-mainstream ventures.
Read the full story in The New Paper today (Dec 17).
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